Word for unwilling to do something

What is the Unreluctant opposite word?

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for unreluctant. apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic.

What is opposite word of reluctantly?

Opposite of in a reluctant or hesitant manner. freely. gladly. acceptingly. approvingly.

Is Unwantingly a word?

The word unwantingly does not technically exist in the English lexicon. Here’s a list of synonyms for unwillingly. “He told reporters he’d had to unwillingly relinquish the role that brought him worldwide fame.”

Is resentfully a word?

resentfully Add to list Share. Doing or saying something in a bitter, angry way, especially when you feel you’ve been treated unfairly, is to do it resentfully. … This adverb comes from resent, «feel bitterness or indignation at.»

What is the word for something you don’t want to do?

The verb balk can be used when someone is unwilling to do something or unwilling for something to happen. The governor balked at a proposal to raise the state sales tax. Reluctant can be used when someone is unwilling to do something and therefore is slow to do it.

What means unforgiving?

1 : unwilling or unable to forgive. 2 : having or making no allowance for error or weakness an unforgiving environment where false moves can prove fatal— Jaclyn Fierman. Other Words from unforgiving More Example Sentences Learn More About unforgiving.

What is a offhand?

(Entry 1 of 2) : without premeditation or preparation : extempore couldn’t give the figures offhand.

What is the word undisciplined mean?

: lacking in discipline or self-control undisciplined behavior an unruly and undisciplined child.

What is the meaning of unwilling to accept?

If you are unwilling to do something, you do not want to do it and will not agree to do it. Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat. For months I had been either unwilling or unable to go through with it. Synonyms: disinclined, reluctant, averse, loath More Synonyms of unwilling.

What does roofless mean?

having no roof. without the shelter of a house: roofless refugees.

What is the meaning of unwilling to do something?

if you are unwilling to do something, you do not want to do it or you refuse to do it. unwilling to do something: Jane was unwilling to admit she was wrong. The government seems unable or unwilling to make further concessions. Collocations and examples.

What does resentfully mean?

: having or showing a feeling of anger or displeasure about someone or something unfair. See the full definition for resentful in the English Language Learners Dictionary. resentful. adjective. re·​sent·​ful | ri-ˈzent-fəl

Is being resentful bad?

Resentment can intoxicate a person, as feelings of anger and rage lend a false sense of power and do not always encourage a healthy form of expression. But this intoxication can become dangerous, as any intoxication can, when feelings of resentment grow unchecked and turn into hatred.

How do I stop being resentful?

Treating Resentment

Is obstinately a word?

a. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate. b. Characterized by such adherence: an obstinate refusal.

Does reluctantly mean angrily?

Ouch! The adverb reluctantly comes from the root word reluctant, meaning «unwilling, disinclined.» When you do something reluctantly, you don’t really want to do it. For example, if you answer a question reluctantly, you will first stall or try to change the subject.

What is it called when you convince someone to do something?

entice. verb. to persuade someone to do something, especially by offering them an advantage or reward.

Is there a word as Unreluctant?

Not reluctant; ungrudging; willing, ready.

What is the opposite of regularly?

Opposite of continually or repeatedly, typically at frequent intervals. infrequently. little. rarely. seldom.

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  unwilling to do something
  
  

  English-Dutch dictionary > unwilling to do something

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  to be unwilling to do something
  
  

  no estar dispuesto,-a a hacer algo

  English-spanish dictionary > to be unwilling to do something

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  unwilling
  
  

  reacio, reluctante

  
  — unwillingly

  adj

  poco dispuesto / reacio

  tr[ʌn’wɪlɪŋ]

  1 reacio,-a, poco dispuesto,-a

  SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

  poco dispuesto

  adj.

  ‘ʌn’wɪlɪŋ

  to be unwilling to + INF — no querer* + inf, no estar* dispuesto a + inf

  [‘ʌn’wɪlɪŋ]

  ADJ

  poco dispuesto

  * * *

  [‘ʌn’wɪlɪŋ]

  to be unwilling to + INF — no querer* + inf, no estar* dispuesto a + inf

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  unwilling
  
  

  adjective

  widerwillig [Partner, Unterstützung, Zustimmung]; unfreiwillig [Helfer]

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  nicht willig

  — academic.ru/79224/unwillingness»>unwillingness

  
  — unwillingly

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  un·will·ing

  [ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ]

  adj widerwillig, widerstrebend

  ▪ to be unwilling to do sth nicht gewillt sein, etw zu tun

  Natalie was unwilling for her husband to accompany her to her school reunion Nathalie wollte nicht, dass ihr Mann sie zum Klassentreffen begleitet

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  [ʌn’wIlɪŋ]

  adj

  widerwillig; unfreiwillig

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  * * *

  adjective

  widerwillig [Partner, Unterstützung, Zustimmung]; unfreiwillig [Helfer]

  * * *

  adj.

  unwillig adj.

  widerwillig adj.

  English-german dictionary > unwilling

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  unwilling
  
  

  adj. weigert, is niet bereid

  2 met tegenzin gegeven/gedaan

  ♦voorbeelden:

  English-Dutch dictionary > unwilling

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  pump something into someone
  
  

  The new dictionary of modern spoken language > pump something into someone

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  grudge
  
  

  1.

  transitive verb

  grudge doing something — nicht bereit sein, etwas zu tun; etwas ungern tun

  I grudge paying £20 for this — es geht mir gegen den Strich, dafür 20 Pfund zu zahlen

  2.

  noun

  Groll, der

  have or hold a grudge against somebody — einen Groll od. Hass auf jemanden haben; jemandem grollen

  bear somebody a grudge or a grudge against somebody — jemandem gegenüber nachtragend sein

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  1.

  1) ungern tun/geben

  2) mißgönnen

  2.

  der Groll

  — academic.ru/32709/grudging»>grudging

  
  — grudgingly

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  [grʌʤ]

  he tends to bear grudges er kann ziemlich nachtragend sein

  to have [or hold] [or bear] a grudge against sb einen Groll gegen jdn hegen [o auf jdn haben

  II. vt

  ▪ to grudge sth (regret) etw bereuen [o bedauern]

  she grudged every hour ihr tat es um jede Stunde leid

  ▪ to grudge sb sth (be resentful) jdm etw missgönnen [o neiden]

  I don’t grudge you your holiday ich neide dir deinen Urlaub nicht

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  [grʌdZ]

  Groll (against gegen)

  to bear sb a grudge, to have a grudge against sb — jdm böse sein, jdm grollen, einen Groll gegen jdn hegen

  I bear him no grudge — ich trage ihm das nicht nach, ich nehme ihm das nicht übel

  I grudge spending money/time on it — es widerstrebt mir or es geht mir gegen den Strich, dafür Geld auszugeben/Zeit aufzuwenden

  I don’t grudge the money/time — es geht mir nichts ums Geld/um die Zeit

  I do grudge the money/time for things like that — das Geld/meine Zeit für solche Dinge tut mir leid

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  A v/t

  B v/i obs grollen

  C s Groll m:

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  1.

  transitive verb

  grudge doing something — nicht bereit sein, etwas zu tun; etwas ungern tun

  I grudge paying £20 for this — es geht mir gegen den Strich, dafür 20 Pfund zu zahlen

  2.

  noun

  Groll, der

  have or hold a grudge against somebody — einen Groll od. Hass auf jemanden haben; jemandem grollen

  bear somebody a grudge or a grudge against somebody — jemandem gegenüber nachtragend sein

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  n.

  Groll nur sing. m. v.

  beneiden v.

  English-german dictionary > grudge

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  disinclined
  
  

  uvillig; utilbøjelig

  * * *

  uvillig; utilbøjelig

  English-Danish dictionary > disinclined

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  hesitate
  
  

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  hesitate
  
  

  intransitive verb

  1) zögern

  2) ins Stocken geraten

  3)

  * * *

  [‘heziteit]

  1) zögern

  2) zögern

  •

  — academic.ru/34624/hesitancy»>hesitancy

  
  — hesitant
  — hesitantly
  — hesitation

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  hesi·tate

  [ˈhezɪteɪt]

  vi

  1. (wait) zögern, zaudern; (with doubts) Bedenken haben

  don’t hesitate over such trivial matters! zögere nicht wegen solcher Kleinigkeiten!

  that child hesitates at nothing dieses Kind schreckt vor nichts zurück

  I hesitated to ask you ich hatte Bedenken, dich zu fragen

  don’t hesitate to call me ruf mich einfach an

  3.

  ▶ he who hesitates is lost ( prov) man muss das Glück beim Schopfe packen

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  [‘hezIteɪt]

  vi

  zögern, zaudern ; stocken

  he hesitates at nothing —

  I hesitate to say it, but… — es widerstrebt mir, das zu sagen, aber…

  if I did think that, I wouldn’t hesitate to say so — wenn ich wirklich der Meinung wäre, hätte ich keine Hemmungen, es zu sagen

  don’t hesitate to ask/contact me — fragen Sie mich ruhig/wenden Sie sich ruhig an mich; zögern Sie nicht, mich zu fragen/sich an mich zu wenden

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  A v/i

  1. zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben ( alle:

  to do zu tun), unschlüssig sein ( over hinsichtlich):

  I hesitate to ask you but … es ist mir unangenehm, Sie zu fragen, aber …

  B v/t zögernd äußern

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  intransitive verb

  3)

  * * *

  v.

  zaudern v.

  zögern v.

  English-german dictionary > hesitate

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  hesitate
  
  

  ‘heziteit

  1) nøle, betenke seg, vakle

  2) betenke seg på, nøle med

  •

  
  — hesitant
  — hesitantly
  — hesitation

  nøle

  1) nøle, nære betenkeligheter, være tvilrådig, være ubesluttsom, vakle, betenke seg

  betenke seg på / nøle med å gjøre noe

  2) hakke, stamme, stotre

  English-Norwegian dictionary > hesitate

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  disinclined
  
  

  poco dispuesto

  poco dispuesto

  adj.

  ‘dɪsṇ’klaɪnd, ˌdɪsɪn’klaɪnd

  disinclined to + INF: she was disinclinedd to listen to him — no se sentía inclinada a escucharlo

  [‘dɪsɪn’klaɪnd]

  ADJ
  frm

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  [‘dɪsṇ’klaɪnd, ˌdɪsɪn’klaɪnd]

  disinclined to + INF: she was disinclinedd to listen to him — no se sentía inclinada a escucharlo

  English-spanish dictionary > disinclined

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  hesitate
  
  

  ‘heziteit

  1) vacilar, titubear

  2) vacilar, dudar

  •

  
  — hesitant
  — hesitantly
  — hesitation

  tr[‘hezɪteɪt]

  1 vacilar, dudar

  v.

  ‘hezəteɪt, ‘hezɪteɪt

  to hesitate to + INF — dudar en + inf

  [‘hezɪteɪt]

  VI

  vacilar; vacilar, titubear

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  [‘hezəteɪt, ‘hezɪteɪt]

  to hesitate to + INF — dudar en + inf

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  disinclined
  
  

  adjective

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  abgeneigt

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  dis·in·clined

  [ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪnd]

  adj pred abgeneigt

  ▪ to be disinclined to do sth nicht gewillt sein, etw zu tun

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  [‘dIsIn’klaɪnd]

  adj

  abgeneigt

  * * *

  * * *

  adjective

  * * *

  adj.

  abgeneigt adj.

  English-german dictionary > disinclined

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  disinclined
  
  

  English-Icelandic dictionary > disinclined

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  hesitate
  
  

  English-Icelandic dictionary > hesitate

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  disinclined
  
  

  vonakodó, nem hajlandó, nem hajlamos

  * * *

  vonakodó

  English-Hungarian dictionary > disinclined

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  hesitate
  
  

  English-Hungarian dictionary > hesitate

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  disinclined
  
  

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  dis.in.clined

  [disinkl’aind] adj desinclinado, não propenso.

  English-Portuguese dictionary > disinclined

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  hesitate
  
  

  English-Portuguese dictionary > hesitate

What is another word for unwilling?

Table of Contents

• adj.

  • adverse (adjective)

  • have no use for,
  • down on,
  • down side,
  • most opposite,
  • unpropitious,
  • allergic to.

  • afraid (adjective)

  • un happier,
  • un-happy,
  • un-eager,
  • un eager,
  • more uneager,
  • dis inclined,
  • un-happier,
  • un-happiest,
  • in disposed,
  • un happiest,
  • in-disposed,
  • unhappy,
  • dis-inclined,
  • most uneager,
  • un happy.

  • all (adjective)

  • unwilling.

  • averse (adjective)

  • dis-liking,
  • anti pathetic,
  • un-favorable,
  • illdisposed,
  • more disliking,
  • dis liking,
  • most illdisposed,
  • more ill disposed,
  • more ill-disposed,
  • most ill disposed,
  • anti-pathetic,
  • more illdisposed,
  • most ill-disposed,
  • ill disposed,
  • un favorable,
  • most disliking.

  • backward (adjective)

  • de-mure,
  • re-served,
  • re-tiring,
  • re served,
  • de mure,
  • re tiring.

  • forced (adjective)

  • more conscripted,
  • more compelled,
  • be-grudging,
  • insincere,
  • un-natural,
  • in-sincere,
  • in-flexible,
  • most conscripted,
  • most grudging,
  • most coerced,
  • more begrudging,
  • in flexible,
  • in sincere,
  • more grudging,
  • most compelled,
  • most begrudging,
  • in sincerest,
  • be grudging,
  • in sincerer,
  • in-sincerer,
  • more coerced,
  • in-sincerest,
  • slavest.

  • hesitant (adjective)

  • more faltering,
  • un-sure,
  • un predictable,
  • more dawdling,
  • in decisive,
  • Half-hearted,
  • un sure,
  • un-predictable,
  • de-laying,
  • most dawdling,
  • half hearted,
  • doubting,
  • de laying,
  • in-decisive,
  • most faltering.

  • indifferent (adjective)

  • disinterested,
  • lukewarm,
  • detached,
  • impartial,
  • perfunctory,
  • dispassionate,
  • uninterested,
  • indifferent,
  • cool,
  • nonchalant,
  • passive,
  • insouciant,
  • unconcerned,
  • apathetic,
  • neutral,
  • easygoing,
  • cold,
  • uncaring.

  • intolerant (adjective)

  • more racialist,
  • more short fuse,
  • shortfuse,
  • onesided,
  • un charitable,
  • more chauvinistic,
  • narrow minded,
  • unindulgent,
  • more worked up,
  • out raged,
  • more outraged,
  • un-charitable,
  • most outraged,
  • more xenophobic,
  • most communist,
  • most chauvinistic,
  • most unindulgent,
  • most xenophobic,
  • un-fair,
  • un sympathetic,
  • un-fairest,
  • smallminded,
  • more worked-up,
  • narrowminded,
  • most short fuse,
  • most worked up,
  • most shortfuse,
  • workedup,
  • un fairest,
  • more workedup,
  • un fairer,
  • un-fairer,
  • most workedup,
  • un-forbearing,
  • in tolerant,
  • small minded,
  • more shortfuse,
  • un indulgent,
  • more tilted,
  • un fair,
  • more short-fuse,
  • un-indulgent,
  • in-tolerant,
  • most tilted,
  • up-set,
  • tilted,
  • most racialist,
  • xenophobic,
  • more unindulgent,
  • one sided,
  • out-raged,
  • un forbearing,
  • most worked-up,
  • most short-fuse,
  • more communist,
  • individualistic.

  • involuntary (adjective)

  • most reflexive,
  • un witting,
  • in voluntary,
  • re flexer,
  • un thinking,
  • most unprompted,
  • un-controlled,
  • more uncalculated,
  • un calculated,
  • un-meditated,
  • un-calculated,
  • un-witting,
  • willless,
  • re flex,
  • kneejerk,
  • most will-less,
  • re-flex,
  • un intended,
  • un controlled,
  • will less,
  • un-prompted,
  • re flexest,
  • most uncalculated,
  • most willless,
  • un prompted,
  • more will less,
  • most will less,
  • un-thinking,
  • un-intentional,
  • un conscious,
  • un-intended,
  • more unprompted,
  • most unmeditated,
  • un-conscious,
  • re-flexer,
  • un intentional,
  • re-flexest,
  • more willless,
  • un-premeditated,
  • in-voluntary,
  • un meditated,
  • more will-less,
  • more reflexive,
  • more unmeditated.

  • irresolute (adjective)

  • irresponsible,
  • inconsistent,
  • irresolute,
  • insipid,
  • tentative,
  • spineless,
  • shrinking,
  • indecisive,
  • erratic,
  • vacillating,
  • Flitting,
  • watery,
  • capricious,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • impulsive,
  • undecided,
  • unresolved,
  • weak,
  • yellow,
  • uncertain,
  • volatile,
  • unsure,
  • undependable,
  • fly-by-night,
  • shifty,
  • infirm,
  • dillydallying,
  • ambivalent,
  • fickle,
  • changeable,
  • double-minded,
  • halfhearted.

  • negative (adjective)

  • anti,
  • recusant,
  • Privative,
  • Refusing,
  • dissentient,
  • naysaying,
  • unaffirmative.

  • not in the mood (adjective)

  • opposed,
  • unwishful,
  • uncooperative,
  • slow,
  • compelled,
  • uninclined,
  • begrudging,
  • unobliging,
  • unaccommodating,
  • uncheerful.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)

  • involuntary,
  • short-fuse,
  • ill-disposed,
  • loath,
  • vacillant,
  • racialist,
  • uneffusive,
  • conscripted,
  • reflexive,
  • afraid,
  • insubmissive,
  • chauvinistic,
  • unprompted,
  • negative,
  • forced,
  • uncalculated,
  • having no use for,
  • intolerant,
  • adverse,
  • hesitant,
  • backward,
  • unassertive,
  • undisciplinable,
  • lacking confidence,
  • recalcitrant,
  • Unmeditated,
  • up set,
  • unassured,
  • unsocial,
  • shy,
  • will-less,
  • uneager,
  • worked-up.

  • recalcitrant (adjective)

  • in tractable,
  • in-submissive,
  • un-disciplinable,
  • most insubmissive,
  • most withstanding,
  • most undisciplinable,
  • more insubmissive,
  • with standing,
  • un-manageable,
  • un manageable,
  • more withstanding,
  • un disciplined,
  • more undisciplinable,
  • un disciplinable,
  • in subordinate,
  • in submissive,
  • with-standing,
  • in-subordinate,
  • un-disciplined,
  • in-tractable,
  • un-governable.

  • shy (adjective)

  • self effacing,
  • un effusive,
  • dis-trustful,
  • un-assured,
  • dis trustful,
  • more unsocial,
  • selfeffacing,
  • more uneffusive,
  • introvert,
  • un social,
  • more introvert,
  • most uneffusive,
  • un assured,
  • more unassured,
  • un-social,
  • un-assertive,
  • most introvert,
  • un-responsive,
  • most unsocial,
  • recessive,
  • more unassertive,
  • un assertive,
  • un responsive,
  • un-effusive,
  • most unassured.

  • unwilling (adjective)

  • obstinate,
  • irreconcilable,
  • noncooperative,
  • unconsenting,
  • defiant,
  • unyielding,
  • non-consenting,
  • balky,
  • unhelpful,
  • Resisting,
  • uncomplying,
  • squeamish.

  • vacillant (adjective)

  • shillyshally.

• n.

  •
  • chary,
  • unprepared.

  • backward (noun)

  • unready,
  • shy of,
  • Demurring,
  • slack,
  • malcontent,
  • evasive,
  • Flinching,
  • against the grain,
  • indocile,
  • wayward,
  • laggard,
  • doubtful,
  • hesitating,
  • remiss,
  • Against.

  • habitual (noun)

  • automatic.

  • nonvoluntary (noun)

  • nonvoluntary.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • deign,
  • contrary,
  • perverse,
  • averse,
  • have,
  • bring,
  • drag,
  • protest,
  • shagged,
  • rather,
  • cagey,
  • fag,
  • reluctance,
  • unruly,
  • disobliging,
  • sufferance,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • balk,
  • closed,
  • jib,
  • reluctant,
  • intractable,
  • blench,
  • fractious,
  • grudge,
  • blow,
  • grudging,
  • stubborn,
  • resistant,
  • indisposed,
  • begrudge,
  • disinclined,
  • sticky,
  • compassion fatigue,
  • mood,
  • loth,
  • baulk,
  • jobsworth,
  • bother,
  • willy-nilly,
  • spirit,
  • indisposition,
  • unmanageable,
  • heart,
  • disinclination,
  • arsed,
  • stomach,
  • refractory.

• Other synonyms:

  • involuntary

  • spontaneous.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • unsought,
  • deaf to,
  • fearful,
  • panicky,
  • cowardly,
  • circumspect,
  • compulsive,
  • apprehensive,
  • conditioned,
  • antagonistic,
  • nolens volens,
  • edgy,
  • sulky,
  • disagreeing,
  • timid,
  • unpersuadable,
  • instinctive,
  • admonitory,
  • disliked,
  • antipathetic,
  • Avoiding,
  • scrupulous,
  • reticent,
  • unthinking,
  • of necessity,
  • nervous,
  • ordered,
  • differing,
  • unintended,
  • unwilled,
  • unwitting,
  • at odds,
  • unconscious,
  • uncompliant,
  • unable,
  • grudgingly,
  • wild,
  • opposing,
  • Unattempted,
  • content,
  • anxious,
  • wary,
  • blind,
  • repugnant,
  • disobedient,
  • coy,
  • restive,
  • runaway,
  • be unwilling,
  • dislike,
  • unvoluntary,
  • intimidated,
  • Extorted,
  • autonomic,
  • unintentional,
  • Dissuaded,
  • cautious,
  • perforce,
  • Coerced,
  • rejective,
  • scruple,
  • unwillingly,
  • discontented,
  • reflex,
  • sullen,
  • poorly,
  • bashful,
  • elusive,
  • retiring,
  • Willy nilly,
  • jumpy,
  • fugitive,
  • of course,
  • Nill,
  • leery,
  • induce,
  • noncompliant,
  • diffident,
  • mechanical,
  • Uncomplaisant,
  • careful,
  • pusillanimous,
  • Uninduced,
  • complaining,
  • reluctantly,
  • fastidious,
  • timorous,
  • Declinatory,
  • Restiff,
  • cursory,
  • jittery,
  • Vacillatory,
  • mutinous,
  • necessarily.

How to use «Unwilling» in context?

When we speak of someone who is unwilling, what do we mean? Generally speaking, if someone is unwilling to do something, they are not in a state of mind where they are willing to do it. In fact, they may be quite opposed to it. Sometimes this opposition can be subtle, while other times it can be more overt. In any case, unwillingness can have a lot to do with why someone is doing something.

Paraphrases for Unwilling:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    loath, reluctant.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    willing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    eager, hesitant, inclined, involuntary, keen, prepared, refusal, refuse, reticent, unable, unintended, unintentional, unlikely, unwitting, Denied, Disallowed.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    ready, recalcitrant, unprepared.